The incident was captured on video as Sgt. Michael Vitellaro, who was off-duty at the time, accused the teen of stealing his son's bike, and pinned the boy down with his knee.
"This case is about the rash and unreasonable actions of a man, of a Chicago police sergeant at that, who used excessive and unnecessary force against our 14-year-old son, who was unarmed, posed no threat," Nicole Nieves said.According to prosecutors, the bicycle was reportedly stolen at the Park Ridge library and left near the Starbucks. Vitellaro drove there with his son and located the bike. He then waited in the parking lot to see whether he could find out who took it.
The following day, Vitellaro filed a report, calling the teen an"offender" who did not follow verbal commands and was pulling away from him, prosecutors said. James McKay, Vitellaro's attorney, argued the decision was"the right thing ... based on everything that happened in the court room, and absolutely nothing that happened outside of it."
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